Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-04-13

where the Attorney General OF England
would certify that a tairer trial can be
/ had IN England than in Ireland, the
/ IrsbmeH shall be carried to England
! aud there tried before an English
/ judge and an English jury. 1t gives TO
/ the magistrate the power Of summary
/ convection of members OF the press, who,
! In bis opinion, In the editorial discussion
! OF public questions encourages the people
; to the commission of crime, and il is pro-
! posed that this bill shall be the permanent
law Of Ireland.
Mr.. BallOur was not the Chief Secre-
tary oil Ireland when the hill was pro-
posed. A very worthy gentleman, whose
chief qualifications Tor that position
seem TO have been in the fact that his
| first name was that Of an archangel, Tor
whom great many irish people are in
the habit Of naming their boys. / mean,
OF course, Sir Michael Hicks Beach was
the Chief Secretary. The coercion bill was
too much Tor him. Sir Michael got SICK.
He resigned. Lord Salisbury's people
said he had trouble with his eyes. Per
haps 50. Certainly he couldn't see coer-
clon in the same light that they did.
BALFoUR's APPOINTMENT.
And tnen Mr.. BalfOur was appointed.
Mr.. Balfour has no trouble with his eyes,
that we know OF, but If We may Judge
from the speech that he recently made ne
is afflicted something like the prevarcat-
ing witness whom Counsellor Plunkett
was once cross-examinlng before Load
Ayonmore. You bother me entirely
COUNSELLOR said the witness, you give
me the magrlms.' the magrims,' said
Lord AVOnmore, what is THAR | never
heard the word before 'Magrims,
your LOrdship,' quickly interposed
arising from tho corruption of the
heart. God save Ireland II the coercion
bhl becomes the law aud n gentleman az
mcted with the magrlms is put there to
enforce IT,
IRISH HISTORY REPEATED.
"The coercion bill is irish history over
and over again. The Eusiish have
pressed the fearful eVictions upon u
starving people, VINO have no remedy of
law % protect them IN their right 10 be
sheltered and to live. Whcn the Irish
man must die or violate tho laws, the
violation comes or he Is suspected be-
cause it is thought that no Eusi violate
or die. Then is the farce OF the trial
without accuser, without jury, and the
Imprisonment Tor six months, half
year, beating against the oars of his
dungeon, while the foud and faithful
wife has no bread, no shelter from the
storm, and the little ones whose prattie
had been the JOY OF his life are LAID by
loving hands as helpless as his, in
pauper graves. After while he WIN
come forth from his prison, but the light
OF his lie is gone. Never more viii lie
near the musical voices OF his children
never again Will he look upon their little
faces. He goes on into the shadow and
the darkness, and yet it is a marvel to
my lords and gentlemen that this Irish
man is not enthusiastic in his loyalty TO
the British crown.
Fellow citizens, the public opinion OF
America can do more tnan ali else be-
sides to rescue Ireland from this impend-
ing calamity. England occupies posi-
Ton OF perllous isolation among the pow
ers OF Europe. She has antagon-
lzed in turn every continental gov
eminent. She may well pause be-
fore she throws down the gaunt-
let of her contemptuous Indifference
TO 6O,OOO,O00 Of treemen who speak her
language, whose past is indlssolubly
mingled with hers, and on whose good
VIII and sympathy her very existence
may depend. Already the leaders of ad-
vanced political thought there are fore
telling the wonderful benefits that would
flow from an alliance OF all the Englisn
speaking people. Tney are fond OF talk
ing about the Greater Britain, and the
the great wealth there is in Americas
klnshp with her, but let her understand
once and all that the men and women OF
Ireland are our brothers and sisters; that
the blood of Ireland is of the richest and
the purest that pulsates its splendid
vitality TO the heart and life of the All erI-
can people; that our armies have drawn
strong drafts OF valor and daring from the
splendid martial qualities of Irishmen:
that our brotherhood with the sons o.
ireland is bounded by no section; that if
the sturdy soldiers OF the Irish brigade
fell in ranks as they stood before the
southern rifles at Fredericksburg, the
heart OF noble CleDurne poured out rich
llbatlon TO the cause he loved on the CORY
ramparts of Franklin. Let them know
that II the thrift, industry, enterprise.
wealth, sagscity in business, splendid
qualities OF citizenship, which distin-
gulsh the Irish i'll America, were sud-
denly to be taken from our system, this
country, great as 1t is, and strong
as 1t is, would reel and stagger
under the shook. Tell them that the
cause OF Ireland iG the cause of us all.
Tell them that although we take Jus
pride In the achievements of the English
people, we denounce this detestable Legs
latiOn and demand in the name othumaui Y
and CIVILIZATION It's abandonment and re-
peal. Let that bright Spirit OF Liberty
which presides over the destines OF our
strong and happy nation solemnly pro-
nounce through the voices OF her people
the unalteraOle declaration, i
never Will be satisfied 80 long
as the meaneSt cottager in
ireland has a link OF the British chain
clanking TO his rags. He may be naked,
ne SHALL not be in irons And | do see
the time is at hand, the spirit has gone
forth, the principle of home rule is plant
ed, and though great men may fall off and
die, yet the immortal fire shall Outlast
the organ that conveys it, and the breath
OF Liberty, like the word OF Holy Writ, will
not die with the prophet, but survive him.
THE M AON \ CHAIirA.